1997 MLB Complete Games by Team

The Montreal Expos led all of MLB in complete games in 1997, with 27, 6 ahead of the Atlanta Braves. The average across 28 MLB teams is 9.5.

Led all of MLB in 1997 Montreal Expos 162 games

27 Complete Games 6 clear of Atlanta Braves

#	Team	League	G	CG
1	Montreal Expos	NL	162	27
2	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	21
3	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	19
4	Houston Astros	NL	162	16
5	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	13
5	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	13
7	Florida Marlins	NL	162	12
8	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	11
8	New York Yankees	AL	162	11
10	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	10
	MLB average			9.5
11	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	9
11	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	9
11	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	9
14	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	8
14	Texas Rangers	AL	162	8
16	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	7
16	New York Mets	NL	162	7
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	6
18	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	6
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	6
18	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	6
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	6
23	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	5
23	San Diego Padres	NL	162	5
23	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	5
23	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	5
27	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	4
28	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	2

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.